Finally the Government has done it's job and upheld the Constitution. Believe me, I can't stand the Islamofacism that has perpetrated the horrible condition that the world finds itself in, but I still can't fathom why Comerade Bush would actually think that his Marxist domestic surveilance tactics would actually hold up.
Normally I can't stand the ACLU, but every now and again they actually defend Civil Liberties and lobby to protect the people. This is one of those times.
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This is the story that was posted to Yahoo! News 30 minutes ago.
DETROIT - A federal judge ruled Thursday that the government's warrantless surveillance program is unconstitutional and ordered an immediate halt to it. ..
U.S. District Judge Anna Diggs Taylor in Detroit became the first judge to strike down the National Security Agency's program, which she says violates the rights to free speech and privacy as well as the separation of powers enshrined in the Constitution.
"Plaintiffs have prevailed, and the public interest is clear, in this matter. It is the upholding of our Constitution," Taylor wrote in her 43-page opinion.
The Justice Department appealed the ruling and issued a statement calling the program "an essential tool for the intelligence community in the war on terror."
White House press secretary Tony Snow said the Bush administration "couldn't disagree more with this ruling."
"United States intelligence officials have confirmed that the program has helped stop terrorist attacks and saved American lives," he said. "The program is carefully administered and only targets international phone calls coming into or out of the United States where one of the parties on the call is a suspected al-Qaida or affiliated terrorist."
The ruling won't take immediate effect so Taylor can hear a Justice request for a stay pending its appeal. A hearing on the motion was set for Sept. 7, Snow said.
The ACLU filed the lawsuit on behalf of journalists, scholars and lawyers who say the program has made it difficult for them to do their jobs. They believe many of their overseas contacts are likely targets of the program, monitoring phone calls and e-mails between people in the U.S. and people in other countries when a link to terrorism is suspected.
The government argued that the program is well within the president's authority, but said proving that would require revealing state secrets.
The ACLU said the state-secrets argument was irrelevant because the Bush administration already had publicly revealed enough information about the program for Taylor to rule.
"At its core, today's ruling addresses the abuse of presidential power and reaffirms the system of checks and balances that's necessary to our democracy," ACLU executive director Anthony Romero told reporters after the ruling.
He called the opinion "another nail in the coffin in the Bush administration's legal strategy in the war on terror."
While siding with the ACLU on the surveillance issue, Taylor dismissed a separate claim by the group over NSA data-mining of phone records. She said not enough had been publicly revealed about that program to support the claim and further litigation would jeopardize state secrets.
The lawsuit alleged that the NSA "uses artificial intelligence aids to search for keywords and analyze patterns in millions of communications at any given time." Multiple lawsuits have been filed related to data-mining against phone companies, accusing them of improperly turning over records to the NSA.
However, the data-mining was only a small part of the Detroit suit, said Ann Beeson, the ACLU's associate legal director and the lead attorney on the case.
Beeson predicted the government would appeal the wiretapping ruling and request that the order to halt the program be postponed while the case makes its way through the system. She said the ACLU had not yet decided whether it would oppose such a postponement
Thursday, August 17, 2006
Tuesday, August 08, 2006
Republicans, Metal and Satan
The good people of the state of Ohio saw fit to execute another killer this morning. The guy was an asshole and a smackhead. He Stabbed and mutilated 2 old people, and ultimately got what he deserved. I am 1000 percent in favor of the death penalty, I just think that the government better be 10,000 percent sure the convicted is ACTUALLY guilty.
This schmuck was.
On with the story. This is the news coverage
Darrell Wayne "Gator" Ferguson's mother prayed a Christian prayer for his soul as Ferguson gave a Satanic salute with two fingers while he lay on the gurney before he was executed by lethal injection Tuesday morning.
Ferguson, 28, of Dayton was the fourth inmate executed in Ohio this year and the youngest person executed in Ohio in 44 years. He was pronounced dead at 10:21 a.m.
The triple murderer and Satanist's last statement focused on his family: "Mom and Dad, I love you both. I love you a lot and I wish you all the best." Wearing a white shirt, blue pants and dark-rimmed glasses, he looked straight up in the execution chamber.
When she first came into the witness room, his mother, Donna Davis, held hands and prayed with Ferguson's father, Clarence Vela, and stepfather Paul Yates. As she watched him on television before he came into the execution chamber, she said, "He's ready and I'm happy for him. No more chains, baby, no more handcuffs. It's done."
The victims' witnesses said nothing throughout. Although Davis' crying was audible, the others held hands and were quiet throughout. Later, Davis said, "Forgive them, for they know not what they do, and he didn't know what he was doing."
Just before the curtain closed for the coroner to pronounce him dead, Donna Davis said twice, "I rebuke you, Satan, in the name of Jesus.
"Satan, you weren't as strong as you thought you were. All you did was make people suffer like you like to do. But you didn't get him. You didn't have the power to get him. Thank you, heavenly Father."
In 2001, Ferguson, a drug addict on Christmas leave from a rehabilitation center, killed three elderly or disabled East Dayton residents while robbing them for drug money. He has reveled in the evil of his acts, saying it thrilled him to stab, stomp and beat his victims.
Monday evening, Ferguson laughed and cried with his family, then stayed up all night talking to his executioners.
The visit (with family) was sometimes emotional there were some tears shed, some laughter," Ohio prisons spokeswoman Andrea Dean said. "They talked about his childhood, his decision to move forward with the execution."
Ferguson ate his entire "special meal" of three T-bone steaks, two breaded chicken breasts and chocolate ice cream, also downing some cherry pie during the night, Dean said.
He went to bed Monday at 8:57 p.m., but woke up 18 minutes later and spent the night talking to the execution team, drinking Mountain Dew and smoking Marlboros. He talked about music, sports, life on death row, his family and his decision to wave his appeals, Dean said.
Ferguson also talked about other inmates who have been executed, particularly Rocky Barton of Waynesville, who was put to death July 12 for murdering his wife. Ferguson knew Barton slightly from death row.
He slept from 4:43 to 5:22 Tuesday morning, then showered and had a final visit through cell bars with his mother, father and stepfathers Gary Davis and Yates.
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Satanic Sign? Do you think it looked like this?
This schmuck was.
On with the story. This is the news coverage
Darrell Wayne "Gator" Ferguson's mother prayed a Christian prayer for his soul as Ferguson gave a Satanic salute with two fingers while he lay on the gurney before he was executed by lethal injection Tuesday morning.
Ferguson, 28, of Dayton was the fourth inmate executed in Ohio this year and the youngest person executed in Ohio in 44 years. He was pronounced dead at 10:21 a.m.
The triple murderer and Satanist's last statement focused on his family: "Mom and Dad, I love you both. I love you a lot and I wish you all the best." Wearing a white shirt, blue pants and dark-rimmed glasses, he looked straight up in the execution chamber.
When she first came into the witness room, his mother, Donna Davis, held hands and prayed with Ferguson's father, Clarence Vela, and stepfather Paul Yates. As she watched him on television before he came into the execution chamber, she said, "He's ready and I'm happy for him. No more chains, baby, no more handcuffs. It's done."
The victims' witnesses said nothing throughout. Although Davis' crying was audible, the others held hands and were quiet throughout. Later, Davis said, "Forgive them, for they know not what they do, and he didn't know what he was doing."
Just before the curtain closed for the coroner to pronounce him dead, Donna Davis said twice, "I rebuke you, Satan, in the name of Jesus.
"Satan, you weren't as strong as you thought you were. All you did was make people suffer like you like to do. But you didn't get him. You didn't have the power to get him. Thank you, heavenly Father."
In 2001, Ferguson, a drug addict on Christmas leave from a rehabilitation center, killed three elderly or disabled East Dayton residents while robbing them for drug money. He has reveled in the evil of his acts, saying it thrilled him to stab, stomp and beat his victims.
Monday evening, Ferguson laughed and cried with his family, then stayed up all night talking to his executioners.
The visit (with family) was sometimes emotional there were some tears shed, some laughter," Ohio prisons spokeswoman Andrea Dean said. "They talked about his childhood, his decision to move forward with the execution."
Ferguson ate his entire "special meal" of three T-bone steaks, two breaded chicken breasts and chocolate ice cream, also downing some cherry pie during the night, Dean said.
He went to bed Monday at 8:57 p.m., but woke up 18 minutes later and spent the night talking to the execution team, drinking Mountain Dew and smoking Marlboros. He talked about music, sports, life on death row, his family and his decision to wave his appeals, Dean said.
Ferguson also talked about other inmates who have been executed, particularly Rocky Barton of Waynesville, who was put to death July 12 for murdering his wife. Ferguson knew Barton slightly from death row.
He slept from 4:43 to 5:22 Tuesday morning, then showered and had a final visit through cell bars with his mother, father and stepfathers Gary Davis and Yates.
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Satanic Sign? Do you think it looked like this?
The "metal" sign. Was originated by Ronnie James Dio in the early 80's.
The press likes to have a scapegoat. Metal = Satan = Ratings. But I can throw a wrench into it. Dig these beauties.
Like Father Like Daughter. Is the Bush family a bunch of devil worshippers or metalheads or Longhorns Fans. Just checking.
Thursday, August 03, 2006
Medical Terrorism
I'm afraid to watch T.V. Every commercial break is loaded with medicines I need to ask my doctor about in case I just might have a tapeworm causing allergies that end up giving me erectile dysfunction.
Do you breathe? You might need this pill.
Do you live in the United States? You might need this new wonder elixir.
It's fucking insanity. When did we become so infatuated with medical problems. Society has survived calamity after calamity for millenia without super drugs to help them along the way. If a plant or animal made us sick, we stayed away from it. If we couldn't get it up, we didn't fuck. If we had high cholesterol, we died from our poor diet choices. The list goes on and on...
Now all the responsibility of life has been eliminated. Do what you like, there's a pill to fix it.
I have a theory that half the reason that people are getting sicker and sicker is that there are so many drugs available that the human body doesn't have the time or ability to immunize itself properly. We're a nation of addicts and the drugs aren't even fun.
...except the hard-on medication, that may be fun. However I feel sorry for the 80 year old wives who were SOOOO looking forward to the day when their husbands couldn't get it up anymore. There isn't a new drug to cure that. They just need to smoke pot and drink a lot to numb themselves.
Do you breathe? You might need this pill.
Do you live in the United States? You might need this new wonder elixir.
It's fucking insanity. When did we become so infatuated with medical problems. Society has survived calamity after calamity for millenia without super drugs to help them along the way. If a plant or animal made us sick, we stayed away from it. If we couldn't get it up, we didn't fuck. If we had high cholesterol, we died from our poor diet choices. The list goes on and on...
Now all the responsibility of life has been eliminated. Do what you like, there's a pill to fix it.
I have a theory that half the reason that people are getting sicker and sicker is that there are so many drugs available that the human body doesn't have the time or ability to immunize itself properly. We're a nation of addicts and the drugs aren't even fun.
...except the hard-on medication, that may be fun. However I feel sorry for the 80 year old wives who were SOOOO looking forward to the day when their husbands couldn't get it up anymore. There isn't a new drug to cure that. They just need to smoke pot and drink a lot to numb themselves.
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